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I've heard about an HTML file that can crash Microsoft Internet Explorer (IE) and Microsoft Office. What's in this HTML file?

A. This problem affects any program that uses shlwapi.dll to render Web code. As a result, this bug in IE 6.0 and earlier versions can cause the Web browser and applications such as Office to crash if you access an HTML file that contains the following syntax:

<html>
 <form>
  <input type errorme>
 </form>
</html>

The value name after input type can be any invalid type. Microsoft currently offers no fix for this problem. Fortunately, the problem doesn't present a security concern; it's just annoying.

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